On the recommendation of a colleague, I recently started listening to Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History Podcast – specifically, his Blueprint for Armageddon series about World War One. Since I started the series last week, I’ve been pretty hooked. Dan Carlin
Qualification Tests: A Terrible Way to Measure Qualification
Last week one of my friends applied for a job with the NJ Transit Authority. Long story short, he didn’t get the job. Before I continue – let me tell you a little bit about my friend (I’ll call
The Language of Business
Last week while commuting into the city, I saw an ad on the train that caught my attention. The ad was for Harvard Business School and the prominent text proclaimed: “Learn to speak the language of business.” This one really
Lifelong Learning
Just a short thought for today. Over the course of my career I’ve had a lot of successes and a lot of challenges. There have been reasons for celebration and reasons for reflection. In both states, learning has always been
Education and Learning from Peers
With the office closed, the last week has been a great time to clear my head, reflect on 2014 and prepare for the year ahead. It’s really been a great week. I got to spend some time with family, do
New Business Idea: Education and Unemployment
As an active reader and blogger, I’m a big fan of non-traditional forms of education. Quora, Wikipedia, Kahn Academy, Udacity – I love it all. I also spend a lot of time thinking about how to get more education to
My Most Influential Teachers
I hate zero sum games (situations where my gain is dependent on the loss of someone else). A good example of a zero sum game is poker, where every dollar you win is a dollar that someone else has lost.